FIERCE GALE ALONG ENGLISH COAST
MANY SHIPS IN DISTRESS (Independent Cable Service) LONDON, November 23. A gale caused considerable damage along the coasts and inland. Many ships are in distress. The Queen Mary was unable to land 300 passengers and 1500 bags of mail at Plymouth and carried them on to Cherbourg. Several small steamers are ashore in the English Channel. Reports from all over southern England describe widespread damage as a result of the gale. Several deaths occurred as the result of the collapse of walls and masonry and other objects being hurled from the tops of buildings. DEATH-ROLL OF 13 AND MANY INJURED (Received November 24, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 24. The gale was one of the fiercest recorded, the wind velocity being 108 miles an hour. Thirteen persons were killed and many were injured throughout Britain. . The cross-Channel steamer in which the Prime Minister (Mr Neville Chamberlain) travelled to France encountered a 50-mile-an-hour gale, waves sweeping over her and almost hiding her from view.
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Southland Times, Issue 23675, 25 November 1938, Page 5
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